Head-rest.



'1 arm -v. H. MANKEY. HEAD REST. APPLIOATIOH IILBD JAN. 18. 1912.

LU'EEHAQS.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEr VERNON EL MANKEY, OF ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HEAD-BEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 18, 1912. Serial No. 671,988.

rests designed to be used in connection with railway car seats whenpassengers desire to recline upon the same.

The invention has for its ob]ect the provision of a head rest that is adapted to beexpeditiously adjusted on the car seat andattached to and supported by one of the end arms of the seat,'and one that is capable when not in use to be compactly folded so as to render it expedient for the rest to be carried in a satcheL- Other advantageous characteristics of the- 7 invention will befully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawnovel head rest as properly positioned on a railway car seat. Fig. 2 is tin-inverted plan,

view of the rest as the same appears when folded and adjusted'precedent to placing it in a. valise, or the like. Fig. 3 is a vertical section illustrating the arrangementlof the support and the hanger of the device, rela-- tive to the main frame thereof when the device is in use. 'Figs. 4' and 5 are enlarged detail views illustrating the manner -in which the hanger and the support,'resp..c tively, bring up against the end bars of the main frame when the head-rest is in use.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

My novel head rest comprisesa frame A, preferably of heavy wire, that is 'open and is provided adjacent each of lts four corners with a depending loop B. The said frame A is upholstered or cushioned, as indicated by C, in any manner consonant with the purpose of my invention. To one end of the main frame A is connected the support D. The said support is preferably formed of heavy wire, is bail-shaped, and has the end portions of its arms a bent around the depending loops B at one end of theframe A, so as to enable the support to swing on the said loops. The bent end portions of the support are lettered b, and they terminate'in inward extensions 0, designed and adapted when thesupport is swung into a position substantially at right angles to the frame A, to bring up against the front bar of said frame or rather against the uphol-' storing covering. said bar, so as to limit the movement of the support and enable the same to maintain the frame A and its cushion firmly in horizontal posit-ion.

, The hanger E of the rest comprises aniemher having a stem (1, enlarged at its upper end a and provided at its lower end with a 'bail f, and a second and hook-shaped member 9 having an eye It that snugly receives the stem d of the firstsnamed member, and

is movable thereon in the direction of the length thereof for a'purpose hereinafter set forth. I would also have it here understood that the stem d is circular, in cross-section, and hence the hook-like member is capable of being swung around upon said stem. The bail f of the first-named member of the hanger is bent at. k around the loops B at the opposite end of the frame A, with reference to the support D, and the said bent portions h terminate in inward ertensions i which are adapted when the hanger is in the working position shown in Fig. l to bring up against the adjacent end bar of frame A, this with a View to limiting the movement of the bail-shaped hanger member, relative to the frame, so as to enable the hanger as a whole to firmly hold the cushioned frame in a horizontal position.

In the practical use of my novel head rest, the same is opened and applied to a seat in the manner shown in Fig. 1- i. e., the support D is placed on the seat proper, and the book of the hanger is disposed over the arm at one end of the seat. With this done, the cushioned main frame will obviously be safely and firmly maintained in a horizontal position disposed above the seat proper so as to afford a comfortable rest or pillow for the head of a traveler who Wishes to recline on the seat. \Vhen it is desired to pack the head rest in a valise or the like, the support D and the hanger E are swung one upon the other against the under side of the upholstered main frame, as shown in Fig. 2, and the hookshaped member of the hanger is moved inward on the stem d of the hail-shaped member, and is swung on said stem to a position parallel to the under side of the upholstered Patented Sept. 10, 1912..

main frame. From this it follows that the folded head rest is extremely compact, and

therefore will occupy but little space in a valise, satchel or the like.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that notwithstanding the efficiency of my novel device for the purpose stated, the device is so sim is that it may be made and sold with pro tfor a small price; also, that the device embodies no delicate parts such asiare likely to get out of order after a short period of use.

I Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patout, is:

1. In a head rest for use on a railway car seat, the combination of an open main frame having depending loops adjacent its corners, a bail-shaped support-having portions bent around the depending loops at one end of the frame, whereby the support is pivotally connected to the frame, and also having extensions on said bent port-ions, which extensions are adapted in the working position of the support to bring up against the adjacent end bar of the frame, and a hanger comprising a member having a stem and an enlargement at the outer end thereof and also having a bail at the inner end of the stem and portions on the bail bent around the depending loops of the opposite end bar of the frame andterminatmg inexoaaaos tensions adapted in the working position of the hunger to bring up against said end bar, and a hook-shaped member having an eye adapted to be swung about and moved lengthwise of the stem of the first-named member.

2. A foldable head rest for use on a railway carseat, comprising a main frame or body, a support pivoted to one end of the frame and movable from a folded position against the under side of the frame to a working position at an angle to the frame and having a sto for bringing up against the frame when t e support is in the latter position, and a hanger having a'member pivoted to the opposite end of the main frame and movable from a folded position at the under side of the main frame to a position in which it extends upward from the main frame and provided with an enlargement at its upper end, and a hookshaped member capable of being swung, about and moved in the direction of the length of the first-named member and connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

VERNON II. MANKEY. Viitnesses CLARENCE O. Nnwcoiun, HENRY MANKEY. 

